Katie so enjoyed herself on the previous 'raid' in January that she invited herself here for another chance to paint plates! I guess it makes a change from her regular job working in the Western Front. It will be her responsibility to assemble the 8 plates and display them. Here are her two carefully painted plates with images based on a portrait.
Just recently I had another group of artists here to paint plates. The plan is to get eight artists to paint several plates and donate one each for the upcoming Western Front fundraiser. Eric, Monique and Katie had already painted theirs in January so on this day my visitors were Sally Clay, Renée van Halm, Eli Bornowsky and Katie again. Paul Mathieu couldn't come so…
Just before Alan and I left for our Mexican holiday I opened my kiln. So I was able to deliver the ten jugbirds to YVR Crafthouse as we left for our flight. Helping to fill that kiln were the most recent painted plates, so here they are. The first two were painted by Katie Lyle. These are her first pieces painted on ceramics. There is…
Suddenly I'm busy, busy! It's amazing what deadlines will encourage. The airport wants their order right now and as many jugbirds as I have on hand. On Tuesday I had 10 completed but unpainted. On Wednesday the first of two 'Painting Raids' took place, when 3 of a planned 8 artists painted my oval plates for a Western Front fund-raiser in March. That evening…